Suina
The suborder Suina (also known Suiformes) contains perhaps the earliest and most archaic even-toed ungulates.
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| Potamochoerus porcus | |
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| Suborder: | Suina Gray, 1868 |
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Suidae | |
Classification
This suborden Suina includes family Suidae (pigs, hogs) and the family Tayassuidae (peccaries). Older morphogical studies also identified family Hippopotamidae (hippos) among the Suina.
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